Iowa Books News (United States)

Author, James T. Carpenter, is pleased to announce his book, Hanged for the Few. This novel touches on the topics of religious intolerance, legalistic religions and the nature of God and salvation.

Have you ever wondered where love comes from, why love exists, and for that matter, what exactly love is? It seems that love is a universal ideal, however very little thought has gone into figuring out exactly what love is.

StoryPeople Press has announced they plan to publish a wide variety of children’s books over the final three months of 2011.

Groundbreaking new horsemanship training for any horse owner.

The Trinity is the first novel by fledgling author Josh Schwartzkopf. In book one, The Children's War, we are introduced to a world where magic reigns and technology flounders.

StoryPeople Press has announced they will begin releasing e-book versions of the book series by international author and artist, Brian Andreas

New updates for old favorites. Adoption World Publishing keeps life books up-to-date and relevant by researching and modifying the look and feel for today's youth. We are proud to be a leader in Adoption and Foster Care Lifebooks and Workbooks.

Where the Bones Rest: A Summer with Black Hawk is a new novel set during the Black Hawk War. The Book tells the true stories of a young Sauk mother, a frontier doctor, and a teenage settler during that fateful summer of 1832.

Teenagers in the foster/adoption system get help from life books. The Real Me teen life book is currently being used by agencies, families and organizations in at least 24 states and Canada. It is sold exclusively by Adoption World Publishing.

The charity anthology WRITERS WITHOUT BORDERS: REQUIEM FOR A BOOKSTORE will be published in Fall 2011 by EvilReads, greeting card company Order of St. Nick's publishing imprint, in an effort to save Borders from shutting its doors.

Although everyone "fails at love" sometimes, few have failed as spectacularly as the great philosophers. Debut author Andrew Shaffer's GREAT PHILOSOPHERS WHO FAILED AT LOVE examines the disastrous love lives of the most influential Western thinkers.

After conducting three book signings, stocks of the book in local bookstores were completely sold out, so the author has decided to host another signing in Des Moines, Iowa, on Monday, December 20th from 12:00PM to 1:00PM at ‘The Book Store’

Midland Information Resources was awarded the International Company of the Year award by the IPN (International Printers Network) at this year’s fall meeting held in Beijing, China.

Six year old Bailey Carson-Hilson was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) on March 23, 2009. Bailey has a never quit mentality and champion's attitude.

Readers who haven’t previously been fans of historical fiction will be after reading this book. Those who enjoy this genre are in for a treat as Hammon Falls delivers....

When science fiction and science collide there is no way to avoid getting caught in the backlash. Come explore the “what ifs” and find out what could happen if technology changed the course of human evolution.

"Enjoying India: The Essential Handbook" is the how-and-why handbook that fills the gaps left by traditional guidebooks with a wealth of practical tips and cultural essentials that no visitor or expat should be without.

The first audio book recorded on Emmett Till, the 14-year-old whose murder sparked the modern civil rights movement, is set for January 15, 2010.

Adoption World Specialties introduces a new adoption and foster care lifebook, “My Growing World.” A lifebook captures the needed facts about birth parents, health history and provides a therapeutic grounding for foster and adoptive children.

B&B owners reveal their secrets for cooking up inexpensive and memorable recipes for the holiday in the newly released expanded 2nd Edition of "Discover Iowa: Cooking with Iowa Wines, Meats and other Iowa Products" by Amelia Painter.

A down economy may be a good time to opening a Bed and Breakfast -- real estate prices are down and there are deals to be made in the marketplace.

The Iowa Bed & Breakfast Innkeepers Association is offering an Expanded and Revised 2nd Edition of their cookbook, "Discover Iowa: Cooking with Iowa Wines, Meats and other Iowa Products."

Pocket of Pearls offers workbook solution to negative self-talk

Des Moines, IA – Author publishes book showing Craps players how to reverse the odds, enabling them with a definite 5.0% advantage over the house.